Embodied cognition, abstract concepts, and the benefits of new technology for implicit body manipulation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Dijkstra, Katinka ^a   Eerland, Anita ^b   Zijlmans, Josjan ^c   Post, Lysanne S ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abstract concepts; Body manipulation; Conceptual metaphors; Embodied cognition; Wii balance board

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906344673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00757     Document Type: Review

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